HOUSE BILL No. 5771

 

 

April 10, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Albert, Lower and Barrett and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.

 

     A bill to amend 1988 PA 466, entitled

 

"Animal industry act,"

 

by amending section 30a (MCL 287.730a), as amended by 2002 PA 458.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 30a. (1) Privately owned Beginning on the effective date

 

of the 2018 amendatory act that amended this section, live cervids

 

, except those consigned directly to a state or federally inspected

 

slaughter facility premises, shall not be imported into this state.

 

unless accompanied by an official interstate health certificate or

 

official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection.

 

     (2) An owner or a person in possession of a privately owned

 

cervid imported into this state before the effective date of the

 

2018 amendatory act that amended this section shall maintain for 7

 

years after the effective date of the 2018 amendatory act that

 


amended this section detailed records demonstrating compliance with

 

the following:

 

     (a) (2) Privately owned cervids imported into this state shall

 

be The cervid is individually identified by an official

 

identification. The official identification shall be is listed on

 

the official interstate health certificate or official interstate

 

certificate of veterinary inspection.

 

     (b) (3) Privately owned cervids A cervid that was 6 months of

 

age or older imported into this state, on the date of importation,

 

except those a cervid consigned directly to a state or federally

 

inspected slaughter facility premises, shall originate originated

 

directly from a certified brucellosis-free cervid herd as defined

 

in brucellosis in cervidae: uniform methods and rules, effective

 

September 30, 1998, or shall test tested negative to an official

 

test for brucellosis within 30 days before importation.

 

     (c) (4) Privately owned cervids A cervid that was 1 year of

 

age or older imported into this state, on the date of importation,

 

except those a cervid consigned directly to a state or federally

 

inspected slaughter facility premises, must comply complied with 1

 

of the following before importation:

 

     (i) (a) Originate Originated directly from an official

 

tuberculosis accredited herd as outlined in bovine tuberculosis

 

eradication: uniform methods and rules, effective January 22, 1999,

 

approved by veterinary services of the animal Animal and plant

 

health inspection service Plant Health Inspection Service of the

 

United States department Department of agriculture, Agriculture,

 

and all amendments to those publications thereafter adopted


pursuant to rules that the director may promulgate.

 

     (ii) (b) Originate Originated directly from an official

 

tuberculosis qualified or monitored herd as outlined in bovine

 

tuberculosis eradication: uniform methods and rules, effective

 

January 22, 1999, approved by veterinary services of the animal

 

Animal and plant health inspection service Plant Health Inspection

 

Service of the United States department Department of agriculture,

 

Agriculture, and all amendments to those publications thereafter

 

adopted pursuant to rules that the director may promulgate, and

 

receive received an official negative test for tuberculosis within

 

90 days before importation.

 

     (iii) (c) Be isolated Was isolated from all other animals

 

until it receives received 2 official negative tuberculosis tests

 

conducted no less than 90 days apart, with the first test conducted

 

no more than 120 days before importation.

 

     (d) (5) All privately owned cervids A cervid that was less

 

than 1 year of age imported into this state, on the date of

 

importation, except those a cervid consigned directly to a state or

 

federally inspected slaughter facility premises, must comply

 

complied with 1 of the following before importation:

 

     (i) (a) Originate Originated directly from an official

 

tuberculosis accredited herd as outlined in bovine tuberculosis

 

eradication: uniform methods and rules, effective January 22, 1999,

 

approved by veterinary services of the animal Animal and plant

 

health inspection service Plant Health Inspection Service of the

 

United States department Department of agriculture, Agriculture,

 

and all amendments to those publications thereafter adopted


pursuant to rules that the director may promulgate.

 

     (ii) (b) Be born Was born in and originate originated directly

 

from an official tuberculosis qualified or monitored herd as

 

outlined in bovine tuberculosis eradication: uniform methods and

 

rules, effective January 22, 1999, approved by veterinary services

 

of the animal Animal and plant health inspection service Plant

 

Health Inspection Service of the United States department

 

Department of agriculture, Agriculture, and all amendments to those

 

publications thereafter adopted pursuant to rules that the director

 

may promulgate.

 

     (iii) (c) Be Was a purchased addition originating directly

 

from an official tuberculosis qualified or monitored herd as

 

outlined in bovine tuberculosis eradication: uniform methods and

 

rules, effective January 22, 1999, approved by veterinary services

 

of the animal Animal and plant health inspection service Plant

 

Health Inspection Service of the United States department

 

Department of agriculture, Agriculture, and all amendments to those

 

publications thereafter adopted pursuant to rules that the director

 

may promulgate, and receive received an official negative test for

 

tuberculosis within 90 days before importation.

 

     (iv) (d) Be Was isolated from all other animals until it

 

receives received 2 official negative tuberculosis tests conducted

 

not less than 90 days apart, with the first test conducted no more

 

than 120 days before importation.

 

     (e) (6) Privately owned cervids A cervid with a response other

 

than negative to any tuberculosis test or brucellosis test are not

 

eligible for interstate movement was imported into this state


without only upon receipt of permission from the director.

 

     (f) (7) Privately owned cervids A cervid known to be affected

 

with or exposed to tuberculosis or brucellosis are not eligible for

 

interstate movement was imported into this state without only upon

 

receipt of permission from the director.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5770 (request no.

 

05139'17).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5772 (request no.

 

05270'18).